- Locus TRA0909-005 [permalink]
- Type
- Locus
- In excavation trench
- Trench A-09-09
- Logical part of
- Loci
- Published as
- Rifeetal2022, pp. 46-47
- Contents of Unit
- BUILDING MATERIALS. Mortar/plaster: 10 frr., 2.40 kg. Tesserae (15): 11 white, 1 red, 2 black, 1 brown/ dark brownish gray. Tile/brick: 682 frr., 80.29 kg.
- Contents of Unit
- BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (11 frr., 0.68 kg): 5 gray to bluish gray schistose marble (p.L. 0.090, Th. 0.009; p.L. 0.085, Th. 0.016; p.L. 0.082, Th. 0.009; p.L. 0.067, Th. 0.006; p.L. 0.057, Th. 0.015); 1 breccia di Sciro (p.L. 0.075, Th. 0.021); 5 white marble chips. Corinthian pilaster capital(?) in Pentelic marble (KA039); revetment with sculpted decoration in Pentelic (KA040); acroterion from sarcophagus lid in Pentelic marble (KA041).
- Contents of Unit
- LAMP. (3 frr., 0.013 kg): 2 Athenian early glazed discus (rosette); 1 Late Roman-Early Byzantine Athenian late unglazed discus/shoulder (raised circles+herringbone, KL240).
- Contents of Unit
- POTTERY. Byzantine (1 fr., 0.022 kg): 1 body: Corinthian(?) Sgraffito-ware plate(?) (mid-third quarter 12th century, KP400).
- Contents of Unit
- POTTERY. Roman (2,757 frr., 41.72 kg): date range to Late Roman. ESA, ESB, Knidian gray-ware bowl, African red slip; unslipped pitcher; utilitarian; cooking ware; Dressel 2-4, MRA3, LRA1, LRA2.
- Contents of Unit
- SMALL FINDS. Glass (10 frr.): 6 body, light blue; 1 handle, blue (jug with small, flat strap handle; cf. KM407/409); 3 body/base, medium to dark blue (cup with applied coil base, KM449).
- Contents of Unit
- SMALL FINDS. Metal: 9 total: 1 fr. bronze nail shank (p.L. 0.040, Th. 0.005); 6 small frr. bronze sheet; 1 fr. iron nail head of uncertain shape, heavily corroded (Type VII/VIII; p.W. 0.020, Th. shank 0.007); 1 lead strip: patch, shim, or sinker? (p.L. 0.025, Th. 0.002).
- Explanation of deposition
- Massive Early Byzantine sediment filling passageway on south slope of ridge.
- In Deposit or Stratum
- Koutsongila Deposit A4
- Location in unit
- Lower fill across south passageway
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Brick
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Dressel 2-4 Unclassified
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Glass Free-Blown Flask or Jug
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Knidian Gray Ware
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Late Roman Amphora 1
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Late Roman Amphora 2
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Lead fill, frame, shim, strip, clamp, sheet, or raw-state
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Middle Roman Amphora 3
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Nail
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Pitcher or Jug
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Tessera(e)
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Tile
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified African Red Slip
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Architectural Decoration
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Cooking Ware
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Eastern Sigillata A
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Eastern Sigillata B
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Mortar/Plaster
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Pottery
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Utilitarian Ware
